I’m very careful with the money I have, I pay myself the living wage, and I try to save the rest, because if life has taught me one thing it’s that you never know what is around the corner. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I remember loving food tech because of the precision and the creativity, the weights and measures, the tiny glimpses of flavour. Jack Monroe Read Quote
But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Cheese is one of the world’s great foodstuffs and I speak as someone who would once happily snarf a packet of American-style cheese singles in front of the telly on my own. Jack Monroe Read Quote
People nag me about my weight, my cooking, my tattoos, my hair, my sexuality, everything. I can deal with all that because I’m still doing my job and I kind of like myself. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I suffer panic attacks, anxiety attacks, seemingly random triggers that immobilise me, render me useless but simultaneously unable to explain myself. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I’m not the spring chicken everyone wants. I’ve got a debilitating illness. The brave face is ‘I’m busy with work’ but I’ve sort of chucked myself on the scrapheap. That’s why I’m single. I’ve resigned myself to being a difficult woman. Jack Monroe Read Quote
And I’m autistic, which means I can be hyperfocused but also all over the place at the same time. I think I’m very lucky to have found cooking because it’s the one area where a brain like mine really thrives. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Politics has become so polarised. We’re stuck between the Ukip-lite Tories and Jeremy Corbyn. How is that a choice? Jack Monroe Read Quote
For some people, pronouns are a very important part of how they identify. I completely understand that. For me, I have more of a looser interpretation. Jack Monroe Read Quote
